How To Another use found for the SAK parcel hook

[Pilsner]

The most recent SAK parcel hook thread dates back to 2014, so I resisted the temptation to resurrect the dead.

It’s bootlace related, but not the usual tightening application, which itself is great in harsh winter environments, when everything is numbed to buggery and when your laces are wet and/or frozen.

I used a really good new pair of gaiters, made by ‘Rab’, a week or so ago on a winter climbing trip. As is often the case, the gaiter attaches with a tape under the heel, and a hook that hooks underneath the bottom or penultimate lace loop. This requires lifting up that loop, on a boot that is already tightened and tied.

Enter the SAK parcel hook!

It worked splendidly. Anybody else got some niche hook uses?

 

[Faiaoga]

You seem to have done a good MacGyver with your gaiters. Good thinking.

 

[GIRLYmann]

that's quick thinking
like the time i had lowered a pizza box.
one floor down,
(that's hook, line and pizza for you)
now that was dumb,
considering that i could have well lost the SAK
by some gulping monster below...
never mind the expected change

 

[oldmanrunning]

Two tasks I have used my sak hook for, firstly the chain derailed on my bike the hook picked it up and allowed me to drop it on the chain ring , another time after brewing coffee in my espresso pot and wishing to move the still hot trivet to another burner, the sak hook came to the rescue , it is surprising the amount of things your sak can help out with. Perhaps it is an age thing but I find myself looking at any task that presents itself and thinking "This is a job for my Compact" and I have to say it is a bundle of fun.